slinkachu - global model village
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e-catalogue of Slinkachu's 2012 exhibition at Andipa Contemporary in London and New York.TRANSCRIPT
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C O N T E M P O R A R Y
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ANDIPA C O N T E M P O R A R Y
162 Walton Street | Knightsbridge | London SW3 2JL
+44 (0)20 7589 2371 | [email protected] | www.andipa.com
andipa contemporary is proud to announce Global Model Village, installation artist Slinkachu’s third solo
show with the gallery, set to coincide with the worldwide publication of his third book of the same title.
From new York, Beijing and Moscow to cape Town, Bridgetown and london, Slinkachu has created his ‘little
people’ installations within real urban contexts worldwide in a quest to illustrate and highlight our sociological,
political and economical plights. The scale of his creations, left in their exterior environments, encourage
us to expect the unexpected, to see where normally we do not look; their juxtapositions open up a realm
of possibilities and challenge the audience to consider the plight of the everyman.
Global Model Village will feature a broad selection of these international works. as Slinkachu has been abandoning
these tiny model people on the gritty city streets, left to fend for themselves, his works are documented and
presented through the photographic medium. The exhibition features a stunning selection of newly released limited
edition prints and installations.
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Working his way around the globe, Slinkachu’s miniature installations focus on the common denominators of
humankind, the dramas of hope and tragedy, loneliness and humour amongst the millions living in the metropolis.
in ‘The Food chain’, tiny figurines continue their back-breaking work of planting rice in a makeshift manhole paddy
field, unaware of Beijing’s city life speeding past on the nearby road – a reflection on the reality of the labour
intensive rice production that keeps the world fed and the workers over-worked and unrewarded... the invisibles
working in a street aptly named ‘Gui Jie’ (Ghost Street). Over in cape Town’s District Six, we are party to a
treacherous yet joyful looking ‘School Run’; the thumb-sized hopefuls, smartly dressed and heavily laden with
books, make their way across a barbed wire tightrope. With bright colours and blue skies, the optimistic
wire-slashed image appears an allegorical representation of the sad history of District Six, known for the forced
removal of 60,000 inhabitants during the 1970’s apartheid regime.
andipa Gallery has been publishing Slinkachu’s work and representing the artist since 2008. in 2009 Boxtree’s
publication “little People in the city: The Street art of Slinkachu” became the best-selling art book in the uk.
For further information please contact the gallery on 020 7589 2371 or by email [email protected].
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“The world is going to the dogs. You read about it in the papers every day…
The good old days are long gone and the only thing to look forward to is a steady
decline, leading to the inevitable apocalypse… But there are more immediate concerns
for us, because the train is late and it’s already 8.45 a.m. The baby was awake all night
and the kids are bunking off school. letters from the bank are stacking up, unopened.
The view from the office window is another office window… and one side of the bed
is always empty.
and we are all waiting for those days when the sun breaks through the clouds and,
for once, the city looks… perhaps not so bad after all... These are the real dramas, this
is the real news… Despite all our differences, this is what unites us, the ‘little people’.”
Slinkachu, Global Model Village
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School Run, 2011, District 6, cape Town, South africa / previous page: context shot 1
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all alone, 2012, VDnkh area, Moscow, Russia / left page: context shot 2
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Early Mid-life crisis, 2011, Reichstag, Berlin, Germany / right page: context shot 3
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Skyscraping, 2011, Brooklyn Bridge Park, new York, uSa / left page: context shot 4
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Branded, 2012, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France / left page: context shot 5
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Slinkachu’s miniature installations focus on the common denominators of
humankind, the dramas of hope and tragedy, loneliness and humour amongst the millions
living in the metropolis.
all-Star nobody, 2011, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, new York, uSa / previous page: context shot
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Exit Strategy, 2011, Mid-levels area, hong kong / left page: context shot 7
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hanging On, 2011, Mong kok, kowloon, hong kong / left page: context shot 8
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The scale of his creations, left in their exterior environments, encourage us to
expect the unexpected, to see where normally we do not look…
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into the Wind, 2012, Bolshoy Moskvoretskiy Bridge (Red Square/ kremlin), Moscow, Russia / previous page: context shot 9
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Freedom, 2011, houhai, Beijing, china / right page: context shot 10
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natural Resources, 2011, The corniche, Doha, Qatar, 2011 / left page: context shot 11
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Faded Grandeur, 2010, lalla hasna Park, Marrakech, Morocco / left page: context shot 12
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Out of Time, 2010, arset El Bilk, Marrakech, Morocco / left page: context shot 13
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Balancing act, 2011, khayelitsha Township, cape Town, South africa / left page: context shot 14
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The Food chain, 2011, Gui Jie (Ghost Street), Beijing, china / right page: context shot 15
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Wonderful World, 2012, Shepherd’s Bush, london, uk / left page: context shot 16
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a long Goodbye, 2012, 25 x 25 x 8 cm 17
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Escapism, 2012, 25 x 25 x 24 cm 18
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i'm leavin' it, 2012, 25 x 25 x h approx. 50cm 19
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The last Resort, 2012, 44.5 x 44.5 x 20cm 20
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The Morning after, 2012, 25 x 25 x 15 cm 21
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a long Goodbye, 2012 £3,850.00 ex VaT
Escapism, 2012 £3,950.00 ex VaT
i'm leavin' it, 2012 £3,850.00 ex VaT
The last Resort, 2012 £4,250.00 ex VaT
The Morning after, 2012 £3,850.00 ex VaT
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Image Information / Pricelist
Each image is available in 3 edition sizes except for ‘hanging On, 2011’ (details below)
c-Type Print, Fuji crystal archive paper, signed and numbered
Edition of 5 / 120 x 180 cm mounted on aluminium £6,500.00 ex VaT
2 aP’s
Edition of 10 / 80 x 120 cm, unframed £2,800.00 ex VaT
2 aP’s
Edition of 20 / 53 x 80 cm, unframed £1,400.00 ex VaT
4 aP’s
hanging On, 2011
lightbox
Edition of 3 / 80 x 120 cm £4,250.00 ex VaT
2 aP’s
For uSD and Euro prices, please contact the gallery on +44 (0)20 7589 2371 or by email [email protected]
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Slinkachu
in 2011 Slinkachu had his first solo museum exhibition at The kunstverein ludwigsburg, Germany, entitled
The Big city.
This year, the artist has participated in shows at The V&a (unbuilt, V&a late), the courtauld institute of art
(East Wing X: Material Matters), You are here, a solo show and outdoor event in antwerp and Megacool 4: Youth
and art, a group show in künstlerhaus Vienna.
in May, Slinkachu showcased his work alongside other well-known street artists such as Blu, invader and Dolk in
the PORi art museum in Finland titled Street art – The new Generation.
named as one of the leading figures in urban art by Patrick nguyen and Stuart Mackenzie in Beyond the Street
(2010), Slinkachu’s works in concrete Ocean (second solo show at andipa) affirmed his position and followed the
artist’s internationally acclaimed little People Project in 2008 and his first publication – little People in the city:
The Street art of Slinkachu (Boxtree, 2008), with a foreword by author Will Self – the biggest-selling art book
of 2009 in the uk.
Slinkachu’s participation in Tunnel-228, produced by Punchdrunk and actor and Old Vic artistic Director
kevin Spacey underneath Waterloo Station in 2009, preceded a highly successful exhibition Extraordinary Measures
at Belsay hall, northumberland where he showed alongside Ron Mueck, Matt collishaw and Mariele neudecker
during the summer of 2010. The show, in which the artist took a humorous look "at the obsession we have with
the day trip, that English hobby which often provokes the full range of emotions", saw a record-breaking
55,000 visitors.
lebowski Publishers launched his second book, Big Bad city, in amsterdam in September 2010.
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Global Model Village Slinkachu
Boxtree (uk) 2012,
Blue Rider Press (uSa) 2012,
hoffman und campe (Germany) 2012,
Sogensha (Japan) 2013
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Exhibitions
Unbuilt - V&A Late (Exhibition and workshop) The V&a, london, June 2012
Megacool 4: Youth & Art (Group show) künstlerhaus, Vienna, austria, June-October 2012
You Are Here - Slinkachu in 2018 Antwerp (Solo show and outdoor event) antwerp, May 2012
East Wing X: Material Matters (Group show) courtauld institute of art, london, January 2012-June 2013
Street Art: The New Generation (Group show) Pori art Museum, Pori, Finland, February-May 2012
The Big City (Solo show) kunstverein ludwigsburg, Germany, October 2011
Concrete Ocean (solo show) andipa Gallery, london, March 2011
Fame Festival 2010 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, italy, September 2010
Inter-Cool 3.0 (Group show) u, Dortmund, Germany, 2010
Extraordinary Measures (Group show), Belsay hall - English heritage, northumberland uk, May 2010
London Original Print Fair Royal academy of arts, london, april 2010
Andipa Gallery at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland, February 2010
Fame Festival 2009 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, italy, September 2009
Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? (Solo show) andipa Gallery, london, June 2009
Made to Measure (Group Show) The Forum, norwich, april 2009
Focus (Group show) T & P Fine art gallery, Philadelphia, uSa, March 2009
The Print Show 09 (Group show) Black Rat Press Gallery, london, February 2009
Andipa Gallery at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland, February 2009
Ground Zero (Solo show) cosh Gallery, london, august 2008
Trespass Alliance: inside urban art (Group show) andipa Gallery, london, June 2008
The Print Show (Group show) Black Rat Press Gallery, london, February 2008
The Bunny Show (Group show) cosh Gallery, london, October 2007
NuArt (Group show) Rogaland kunstmuseum, Stavanger, norway, September 2007
Gis (Group show) cosh Gallery, london, June 2007
Play (Group show) urbis Gallery, Manchester, March 2007
Eleven (Group show) leonard Street Gallery, london, March 2007
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For further information on Global Model Village book:
Global Model Village: The international Street art of Slinkachu is published in the u.S. on 13 September
by Blue Rider Press, paper over board, $17.95.
Global Model Village: The international Street art of Slinkachu is published on 29 September by Boxtree,
hardback £12.99.
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